A man who was the subject of a manhunt in Middle Township turned himself in to police on Sunday. Police say James Hoyle was the man wanted in connection with a report of shots fired at a home on West Main Street in Whitesboro early Sunday morning. The street was closed during the morning hours…
Ocean City has attained a Class 5 rating in the Community Rating System. This means Ocean City is doing a better job managing coastal flooding, and all property owners in the city will receive a 25% discount on flood insurance premiums. This will save more than $2.8 million in flood insurance premiums citywide.
Six people are safe and sound after being pulled from the surf in North Wildwood Saturday night. The beach patrol, firefighters, police and other emergency services personnel saved four swimmers, while two were able to make it in by themselves. The incident occurred shortly after nightfall at the 15th Avenue beach.
Another longtime local basketball coach is calling it quits. Larry DiGiovanni has resigned as head basketball coach at St. Joseph’s High School in Hammonton. DiGiovanni is 67 years old and has coached basketball for nearly a half century. He will end his career with a record of 238-87 on the girls side, and has won…
October 10th..that’s when he Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City is slated to close. The casino alerted state officials of the date when all workers will be laid off and lose their jobs. Owners of the casino blame a recent employees strike while a union blames the casino for not negotiating in good faith.…
Stone Harbor will try to change up its troubled dredging project. Council was briefed by an engineer on a new plan to dredge material from the back bays of Stone Harbor. Instead of using geotubes, this time the contractor will mix the wet dredge material with a dry product for safe offload off the island.…
A 37 year old man from Syracuse drove to South Jersey to meet a 14 year old girl he met online for sex. The girl, an undercover cop. Stephen Epolito was jailed for attempting to lure a child via an electronic device. His bail was set at $100,000 cash.
Imagine New Jersey passing a law that prevents you from enjoying your morning coffee while driving. It could happen. A democratic New Jersey assemblyman has introduce a wide range of new laws that would prevent you from having coffee or eating while driving. Under John Wisniewski’s proposed bill, you could face a fine exceeding $200…
A veteran of the Millville Police Department has filed a grievance complaint after he was transferred to other duties. The Daily Journal reports that Sergeant Brian Starcher filed a whistleblower complaint complaining that he was retaliated against after reporting inappropriate behavior of anther officer. Starcher was transferred to internal affairs after he filed the complaint.
Enjoy our very low gasoline prices in New Jersey, while you can. The average price for a gallon of gas in the Garden State dropped a whopping four cents in one week to just $1.91 a gallon. That’s about a half dollar cheaper than what we were paying 12 months ago, and 21 cents per…